Freegal Music

Freegal is a downloadable music and video service based on catalogs from over 28,000 labels that originate in over 80 countries plus the complete Sony digital music collection. This means our patrons have access to more than 7 million songs and 15,000 music videos in more than 150 genres.

Atlantic County Library Card holders can enjoy Freegal Music two ways!

Music videos cost 2 of your allotted credits. If you do not have 2 credits available you will not be able to download a music video.

Song downloads are all in the MP3 format and videos are in the MP4 format, with no Digital Rights Management so you have complete control and ownership of what you download.

Streaming: 3 hours of music every day. Listen to entire albums, premade playlists, or create your own playlists.

Use streaming to preview songs you may wish to download.

To access your Freegal benefits, you will need your library card number and PIN to log in. Freegal works with almost all computers, players, tablets, and smartphones. No special software is needed, but there are Apple and Android apps available for a more mobile friendly use.

Freegal Tips:

Downloading: To download a song or video, click Download Nowor the + symbol to its right. Click Saveor Save as to select a location and save it on your home computer or a flash drive.

Warning - Even if you cancel the download, you have used up one of your 5 downloads.

Re-downloading: You can get previously downloaded songs or videos again, from this or last week, by going to Downloads on the left of the screen. You may do this up to 2 additional times. Once you have re-downloaded a song twice, the song/video titles disappear from this list.

Creating Wishlists: My Wishlist is a tool for when you have reached your weekly download limit. Browse the site and make your selections by clicking the + button on the right side of the song bar and choosing add to wishlist.

Creating Playlists: You can either listen to a whole album or create playlists of your favorite songs using the Create and Store Playlists function under the Streaming section of the site.